Connecticut man shoots self while biking and claims it was hoodie-wearing ‘gang’

[madinmaryland]

A Connecticut man, who accidentally shot himself while riding a bicycle, was arrested this week after lying to police and saying that a “gang” of men wearing black hoodies had attacked him.

The Connecticut Post reported that Stratford police were notified on Thursday that 22-year-old Wendell Docteur was being treated for a gunshot wound to his right leg. Docteur told officers that he was riding his bike “when he was confronted by a half dozen men, dressed all in black with hooded sweatshirts covering their faces,” according to the paper.

Docteur claimed that the gang had robbed him of his money and then yelled, “North End, North End,” as they fled. The North End is a neighborhood in Bridgeport.

But Docteur finally admitted that the gun in his waistband had gone off and he had shot himself after he was not able to explain why there was only a hole where the bullet exited from his pants. He was also not able to tell police what happened to his handgun after the incident.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/30/connecticut-man-shoots-self-while-biking-and-claims-it-was-hoodie-wearing-gang/

Another responsible gun owner (douchebag) who was responsible until he was not.

[orpupilofnature57]

1. He shot himself in the foot , with that story .

I feel very Austen Powers right now.

[malaise]

2. And another racist scumbag

willing to set up Afircan-Americans

[HolyMoley]

4. Where do you get that from?

Now who's stereotyping?

Nowhere in the article was race, color or ethnicity mentioned.

Pathetic.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

7. Why jump in over that?

The only pathetic individual is the guy who shot himself and made up a bullshit story.

[HolyMoley]

12. Why jump in over that?

WTF?

The person I responded to made an unsubstantiated, biased, stereotyped claim of 'racism' when there is no evidence or proof of that other than the posters vivid imagination... none whatsoever.

What makes it even more amusing, is that the ethnicity of the "victim" in this case (Wendell), isn't being reported. What if "Wendell" turns out to be Black (or another minority), himself?

Yes, Wendell fucked up. He had an accident, got scared and tried to cover his ass.
That's human nature, not racist.

Why jump in over that?

You should be asking the person I responded to that.
Not me.

[krispos42]

10. Bridgeport is minority-majority

Or right on the bubble of being so.

It's surrounded on 3 sides by cities and towns that are white, or very white, and on the 4th side by water.



Bridgeport also suffers with chronic poverty, education, and crime problems. Let me put it another way... not a lot of gangs are based in Stratford, Fairfield, or Trumbull.

[HolyMoley]

14. I'll trust your knowledge here.

but, that does that justify, or back up a statement like this?...


malaise (109,529 posts)
2. And another racist scumbag

willing to set up Afircan-Americans

[krispos42]

17. It's not an unreasonable assumption

Although it is rather generic... there are lots of other ethnic minorities in Bridgeport with sizable populations.


The "Trayvon Martin" effect in action, I guess.

[HolyMoley]

20. And yet

there was a sizable thread here not that long ago (maybe more than two or three), regarding the murder of the Australian baseball player, and another one regarding the WWII vet that was also murdered, yet it was an "unreasonable assumption" that any of these incidents were racially motivated.

It seems that "The "Trayvon Martin" effect in action" only works in one direction; I guess.

[krispos42]

22. I didn't follow those two stories

At the time I was busy with family medical issues of one sort or another. So I can't comment on that with any authority. I know the Aussie was killed by a group of attackers; I don't know the ethnicity of the attackers.

I was generically referring to the practice of blaming fictional black men for crimes.

[HolyMoley]

25. Not a problem

But, what about the problem of fictionally white victims (if the victim was even white), accused of being "racist scum bags willing, to set up Afircan-Americans" simply because it suits another persons perceptions?

That, IMHO, is totally uncalled for and just plain ignorant and racist.

[krispos42]

27. It's playing on the assumption that the perpetrators were black

Six guys in hoodies? Gotta be black men!


To be clear, I mean that the guy that shot himself would make that claim knowing that most people would assume minority ethnicity from what he was saying. Especially with a reference to Bridgeport in there.

So, the wounded guy would be fabricating what he perceives of as a typical, plausible story: a group of men acting with a common purpose attacked him, shouting a Bridgeport neighborhood as they left.

Assuming the wounded guy was playing on local demographics to fabricate a believable story might be some kind of racism. But let's not forget that the wounded guy WAS playing on local demographics to cover his ass and imply his attackers were a gang of minorities.

[lolly]

30. Did the perpetrators in those cases try to accuse whites of committing the crime?

Your comparison makes no sense.

People of one race murdering people of another race =/= people who commit a crime, then try to pin it on "scary black people" knowing or at least believing that the police will believe them.

You're right--we don't know the race of the "victim" at this point, but it's disingenuous to claim that "a gang of men in black hoodies" isn't a racially charged description.

[madinmaryland]

15. Dude! I lived in CT for twenty years and actually lived in the "North End" IT IS FUCKING RACIST

what that douchebag said.

[HolyMoley]

18. So, therefore, this particular incident is racist.

Unlike you, the person I responded to doesn't have your experience, he/she just assumed so.

[madinmaryland]

19. How do you know that? Sadly you don't seem to get it and are just twisting yourself in

circles trying to get out of what you said.

BTW, you don't think the "hoodie" comment is racist??

[HolyMoley]

23. By "your experience", I meant YOUR experience

in Bridgeport, CT.

It's entirely possible that the person i responded to has/had lived there.
I just find it unlikely.

Sadly you don't seem to get it and are just twisting yourself in
circles trying to get out of what you said.

Oh no, I get it quite well, thank you.

I'm way more mature, wizened and experienced enough to see through the double standard bullshit.

BTW, you don't think the "hoodie" comment is racist??

Not at all, not even in the same ballpark.
If you really believe that, then the discussion on racism and race related matters is even more fucked than I thought.

People like you are part of the problem... not the solution.

[olddots]

31. do you have graphs and charts

[alphafemale]

34. What do you mean by "double standard bullshit?"

And by the way, many of us here know what a dog whistle sounds like.

What do you mean by "double standard bullshit?"

I'm off to do some lawn work before it gets hot.

But I am curious as to that phrasing.

Sounds exactly like a dog whistle.

[47of74]

3. God

Another responsible, law abiding, gun owner.

[Hoyt]

5. Sounds like a gungeoneer, many of them can't ride a bike without a gun.

[Moses2SandyKoufax]

6. Shit,

many them can't retrieve their mail without a gun.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

8. Y'know.....the USPS is now letting some letter carriers deliver in plain clothes....

saw it at my house the other day....they really should think twice about that. Sounds like a "good excuse" for some law abiding rights exercisin' citizen.

[Hoyt]

9. Sadly, this is true. Back before I was banned from the gungeon, I

actually got in debates with some of them who would not ride a bicycle without packing a gun. That level of paranoia does not mix well with gunz.

[rl6214]

11. Not all of them are licensed to carry a can of pork and beans like you are

So they are forced to arm themselves with a much less lethal gun.

[Common Sense Party]

26. And few of them have a 10th degree black belt in bike fu. n/t

[Hassin Bin Sober]

21. My recently gun converted freeper sister in law bathes with a gun..

.. wrapped in a towel next to the bathtub.

She managed 40 plus years on this planet without guns and, for some reason, turned gun nut in 2009. Hmmm

About two weeks after getting her first gun, she informed me she could never live in Chicago due to the restrictions.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

16. I know someone who takes a snub nose in the shower, "Because that's when you are most vulnerable."

[Snake Plissken]

13. Too bad he didn't shoot himself in the testicles

Someone that stupid shouldn't be able to reproduce

[TheMadMonk]

24. "...not able to tell police what happened to his handgun..." ??????

THIS should be an offense in its own right. Did he: Damage it beyond use? Hide it under the matress? Sell it to a real youth in a hood? throw it in a body of water? Bury it? Toss it where anyone might find it?

Minimum should be, a ban for a period of time, all guns to destruction or bonded storage at the owner's expense, then an approved course of training.

[Mopar151]

28. Judging from the firearms "experts" i've met

The safest plan would involving permanently disarming the applicants for the instructor positions.

[Hippo_Tron]

29. If wonder if he's related to this one...

[Democracyinkind]

32. Hoodies "covering their faces"???

Suspected gang leaders; KrissKross.

[B Calm]

33. Another responsible gun owner story!